diff --git a/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp b/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp
index db7323fd..6af1c8e4 100644
--- a/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp
+++ b/app/backend/systemproperties.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 SystemProperties::SystemProperties()
 {
+    hasWindowManager = WMUtils::isRunningWindowManager();
     isRunningWayland = WMUtils::isRunningWayland();
     isRunningXWayland = isRunningWayland && QGuiApplication::platformName() == "xcb";
 
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ SystemProperties::SystemProperties()
 #endif
 
 #ifndef STEAM_LINK
-    hasBrowser = true;
+    // Assume we can probably launch a browser if we're in a GUI environment
+    hasBrowser = hasWindowManager;
 #else
     hasBrowser = false;
 #endif
@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@ SystemProperties::SystemProperties()
     hasDiscordIntegration = false;
 #endif
 
-    hasWindowManager = WMUtils::isRunningWindowManager();
-
     unmappedGamepads = SdlInputHandler::getUnmappedGamepads();
 
     // Populate data that requires talking to SDL. We do it all in one shot